Small quake shakes region

A mild earthquake Monday afternoon jiggled deep in the Cascade Mountains 21 miles east of Shady Cove, but it likely went unnoticed to all but those government scientists paid to look for them.

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Posted Mar. 26, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 26, 2013 at 3:00 AM

Posted Mar. 26, 2013 at 12:01 AM
Updated Mar 26, 2013 at 3:00 AM

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A mild earthquake Monday afternoon jiggled deep in the Cascade Mountains 21 miles east of Shady Cove, but it likely went unnoticed to all but those government scientists paid to look for them.

The quake's magnitude measured 2.7 on the Richter Scale and also occurred 2.7 miles below the surface, according to the U.S. Geological Survey. It struck at precisely 1:55.29 p.m., according to the USGS.

Mapping by the USGS shows that it was north of Mount McLoughlin in an area with mild recent earthquake activity, according to the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network.

The National Weather Service in Medford posted information about it on its Facebook page Monday afternoon, but the only call that office received about it came from a woman who received an electronic update on the seismic activity, says Chuck Glaser, data acquisition program manager with the weather service in Medford.

"It's not much of an earthquake, but it's something," Glaser says. "We don't know of anybody who felt it."

To view information about recent earthquakes, visit the PNSN website at http://www.pnsn.org/earthquakes/recent.